Very similar to this place, now and like you describe in the past, though your terrain must be higher in elevation. Several fields here that were in crop production or pasture, are literally impassable, I'm trying to figure out how to reclaim some of it. Like you say there's only so much time given ones job. The worst is the vines, we have been invaded by all kinds of them and they are choking every single desirable tree around most of the place. Just becoming a wasteland, and is why it should now be cleared back, thinned and so on. I'm not sure I want to take it back 100%, it provides some great wildlife habitat, but that does not pay the taxes LOL !
It would be a good thing to produce hay, the soil, the conditions, I cannot think of many better areas or conditions judging from the stands I have worked all around here, and on this land, orchard/timothy type hay can produce very well here. No barns left to store, and the investment in that and equipment, very intimidating vs potential return. I'd want to make the highest quality unless the market was also there for other like what you produce for those with goats. We did for many years put up 3 to 4 thousand bales ourselves, so I'm no stranger to it. There is a lot of horse traffic through here in the summer with a big show up in VT., but I am unsure how it would sell, see a lot of ads for good hay locally for somewhat average prices, some a little better. Kind of speculating and for conversation, but any revenue that could come of it would be worth it even if only 1500 bales.
Same thing here with firewood, mostly dead standing, some blow down, it's more than enough, though I have little time to get out there the last few years. Beyond that, there are trees big enough now in overgrown areas that can be cut for firewood when clearing, lots of it is birch. If there were not other priorities, I would spend a lot more time working these areas this time of year. Insects are brutal here at times, the mosquitos from all this rain are the worst I have ever seen, they will swarm you, that was unheard of even after dark.
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